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Cuarteto Latinoamericano to perform at SUNY Oswego
Posted on March 3, 2012 by Contributor

OSWEGO - Cuarteto Latinoamericano, known worldwide as the leading proponent of Latin American music for string quartet, will perform March 21 at SUNY Oswego as part of the Ke-Nekt Chamber Music Series.

The concert spotlighting music of Costa Rican, Venezuelan, Mexican and Brazilian composers will start at 7 p.m. in Sheldon Hall ballroom.
Cuarteto Latinoamericano, performing around the world as the leading proponent of Latin American music for string quartet, will play in concert at 7 p.m. March 21 in SUNY Oswego's Sheldon Hall ballroom. The ensemble from Mexico, formed in 1982, will spotlight the works of Costa Rican, Mexican, Venezuelan and Brazilian composers.

Cuarteto Latinoamericano, performing around the world as the leading proponent of Latin American music for string quartet, will play in concert at 7 p.m. March 21 in SUNY Oswego's Sheldon Hall ballroom. The ensemble from Mexico, formed in 1982, will spotlight the works of Costa Rican, Mexican, Venezuelan and Brazilian composers.

Juan F. La Manna, associate professor of music at SUNY Oswego, will play both host to Cuarteto Latinoamericano and accompany them on piano.

"We met in school, at Indiana University," said La Manna, who worked for several years to arrange this musical reunion.

He will accompany the award-winning ensemble in "Divertimento" by Gonzalo Castellanos Yumar, another of La Manna's professional acquaintances, who served as conductor of the National Symphony of Venezuela during La Manna's time there.

Additional selections will feature Costa Rican composer Alejandro Cardona's "Echu," Mexican composer Domingo Lobato's "Quartet in G" and the works of two Brazilian composers, Francisco Mignone's "Three Pieces for Quartet" and Heitor Villa-Lobos' "String Quartet No. 5."

Tickets priced at $15 ($12 for seniors ages 62 and over and SUNY Oswego faculty and staff; $6 for SUNY Oswego students) are available at all SUNY Oswego box office locations, online at http://tickets.oswego.edu and by phone at 315-312-2141.